got it!  one of them anyway.

a pesky star-nosed mole.

they really love trudging under our lawn.

every year.

all summer.

as ugly as they are... their fur looks kind of soft, don't you think?

also caught on sunday morning via a trap in our sweet corn?  a mama possum who gave birth... while in the live trap.  tommie saw that something was in the trap...  noticed it was a possum, grabbed his gun and came back in the house...."awe, you guys, i can't shoot a mama and her babies."  he and brad released the critters in the woods, on a desolate road.

so much for sunday dinner!

wink.